HIROSHIGE AND VAN GOGH

HIROSHIGE AND VAN GOGH
Read About Van Gogh's Secret Visit to Japan

WELCOME TO BLOGABOUTJAPAN

WELCOME TO BLOGABOUTJAPAN
IT WAS A SPECIAL TIME IN MY LIFETIME

APT WITH TATAMI MATS, a special time in my lifetime in Japan...

APT WITH TATAMI MATS, a special time in my lifetime in Japan...
Watercolor by R.L.Huffstutter

COMPARISONS IN ART

COMPARISONS IN ART
HIROSHIGE'S WORK ON LEFT, VAN GOGH'S ON RIGHT

YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW

YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW
Shot with my Petri in Yokohama 1962

RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962

RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962
I took this with my PETRI in Kanagawa Prefecture

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Miss Tokio Hosiery ad, 1927

Miss Tokio Hosiery ad, 1927 by Gatochy
Miss Tokio Hosiery ad, 1927, a photo by Gatochy on Flickr.

Miss Tokio Hosiery ad, 1927
Scanned from Taschen's "All-American Ads of the 20s".

Art Deco blog

Thanks to Gatochy

Sugiura Hisui, Colour litograph, 1927

Sugiura Hisui, Colour litograph, 1927
Celebration poster for the subway that goes from Ueno to Asakusa (downtown Tokyo) - the only subway train you see in East Asia... (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)

Sugiura Hisui, "The Only Subway in the East". Colour litograph, Japanese, 1927.

Scanned from "Art Deco 1910-1939" edited by Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Chislaine Wood.

Art Deco blog.

Geisha 1900s

Geisha 1900s by UnklNik
Geisha 1900s, a photo by UnklNik on Flickr.

Geisha 1900s by UnklNik